General Chat

Well that was interesting humour in parts Jack Whitehall very dry remarks with a quick look at his Dad enjoyed it.

I'm waiting for someone to have a slave from the Barbary slave trade in their tree - just to even things up! The Barbary slave trade went on for nigh on 300 years.
These slaves will be people from all over the world, and in particular (for us Brits) from Cornwall, Ireland, and Wales, of all colours and religions. :-D
A quick overview here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbary_slave_trade


Better account here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/empire_seapower/white_slaves_01.shtml

I agree with Joy and Maggie above - got me a little cross too. a lot of UK house servants in the Uk & from Workhouses too. Nothing to do with slavery.

Very strange family - all kept things to themselves - Still not sure if it was her as Naomi slightly thick or uninformed or the actress speaking.

It so annoys me - we all know slavery happened - nothing anyone can change - so stop going on about it.

Hope next week will be better

Fully agree with you about indentured apprentices JoyLouise - as you say, it happened all over the world, and not just to ex slaves - and up to quite recently too!
If Naomie thinks it's another form of slavery - most of us - of all colours - are descended from slaves :-D

I found it OK but I have one gripe.

Why did no one point out that indentured apprentices were not, as NH repeatedly said, strictly slaves, were not uncommon and were not confined to ex-slaves?

Three years indentured was not bad as some apprentices signed up for five years. In that period and for many years both sides, there were several occupations where this situation was commonplace in the UK and other countries.

I feel that more guidance would be useful occasionally to the participant as well as the viewers.

Like Rose I also lost interest but watched to the end.
Came to the conclusion that the family hardly ever
spoke to one another so very little was known about
parents, grandparents etc.

I lost interest last night . I may watch the end on player or maybe not. I had assumed that given her lack of previous knowledge of family ( and some general history) that Naomie Harris was a lot younger than she is. All goes to show, don't make assumptions lol.

Dont forget BBC 1 tonight - 2nd show of the series (Unless they change the program without warning)

I agree, Rose, a stunning colour.

:-D

JoyLouise, he has naturally blue eyes, he has previously said he wasn't able to wear contacts to make his eyes green as Harry Potter, so assume that's still the case. They are quite a stunning colour I think :-)

Incidentally I see it was his birthday yesterday :-)

I thought Daniel's episode was a good start to the series and he came across as a nice, caring young man - and with no actual waterworks so a strong character it would appear.

Could not help but notice his strong blue eyes! Wonder where they came from? (They could have been coloured contacts, of course, but I don't see why he would bother.)

This time I have heard of all but one of the participants so that's great for me.

I look forward to the next.

I enjoyed it - would have liked a bit more on his family tree really.

I thought it refreshing how interested he was. He said what a lot of us feel - wished he had asked more when he had the opportunity.

I would like to know how the researcher person in the church knew about the letters his auntie had given him, that had been in the family all theses years. Then suddenly produced the "last Letter" .
Did the archives have a copy?
Did auntie know about the letter & what happened to Ernest & his wedding?

Think there is probably another story or 2 to be found in this family tree further back.


A good start to the short series.

Having never watched a Harry Potter film, I didn't know what to expect from Daniel's episode. However, I too found it interesting and felt that this line of his Family was only the tip of the iceberg....hope these discoveries have wetted his appetite to find out more about his Family :-)

I enjoyed it and found it very interesting :-D :-D

An excellent programme and a very likable young man :-)

Very much enjoyed Daniel's history, how wonderful
for him to be given those treasured letters.
Hope the rest of the series is as interesting.

I am just watching the programme which I recorded earlier. It's made me quite like Daniel, his history was really interesting and he was really respectful of it all. A fascinating past, I look forward to others in the series.

Lizx

Agree with Barbara, he was very natural and genuinely involved with the family story I enjoyed that :-) Would have like to have had it as a longer programme looking back further.

He was really interested in his family I enjoyed it tonight nice young man ..Barbara

I shall be staying up late and watching Long Lost Family on ITV +1

Just typical, though, isn't it?